1. Novel Combined Approach for Digital Necrosis Secondary to Raynaud’s Phenomenon
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Ignacio Seré, Agustín Bignotti, Mario Alejandro Fabiani, Pablo Salvadores, Diego Herrera Vegas, and Mauricio Gonzalez-Urquijo
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Necrosis ,Cervical sympathectomy ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Acetylcholine Release Inhibitors ,030230 surgery ,Severity of Illness Index ,Asymptomatic ,Scleroderma ,Injections ,Fingers ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Botulinum Toxins, Type A ,Sympathectomy ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,Wound Healing ,Scleroderma, Systemic ,Medical treatment ,business.industry ,Raynaud Disease ,Recovery of Function ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Botulinum toxin ,Combined approach ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The presence of severe Raynaud’s Phenomenon (RP), with permanent pain or digital necrosis is a rare condition. Cervical sympathectomy or distal sympathectomy or A botulinum toxin have demonstrated efficacy after medical treatment failure. We report the case of a 38-year-old female patient with an acute onset of severe RP in both hands secondary to systemic sclerosis. Medical treatment failed, so a novel approach by a combination of a modified distal sympathectomy and injection of A botulinum toxin on digital neuromuscular bundles was performed. Remission of the pain occurred immediately after the procedure and 45 days later she had complete healing of the digital wounds and recovered full mobilization of both hands. The patient remained asymptomatic 6 month after the procedure, and a Doppler ultrasound showed tri-phasic flows distal to the surgical site. This novel technique is described, and a brief review of the literature is performed.
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- 2021
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